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Reconnecting in paradise
Three years ago, my cousin was diagnosed with breast cancer. The thought of losing her galvanized me. We began talking again, visiting each other, sharing secrets the way we did in childhood. But I had one foot in Philly and the other in Costa Rica by then. We decided she had to come for a visit- the sooner the better. “I won’t go through chemotherapy again,” she said, in the understated way she has. Continue reading
Posted in Costa Rica, Family, Life, Life abroad, Philadelphia, Retirement abroad, Rural Living
Tagged Baltimore orioles, brown-breasted robin, cancer, canna lilies, chemotherapy, childhood, cousins, flycatchers, fog, grackles, mountains in the tropics, NaNoWriMo, Norristown, Philadelphia, rufus-tailed hummingbirds, scarlet-rumped tanagers, The rainy season in Costa Rica
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